Look I recognize that this is way less bad than, say, the flash bang and tear gas the police use on us regularly, and I'm not losing any sleep over it But maybe don't fucking do this, this is profoundly dumb and I hate it Don't give them an excuse that plays well on the newshttps://twitter.com/portlandmercury/status/1269821174235541505 …
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
Is it sensible to make posts like this? The relevant people won't care. Is a riot a force of nature that we really have little control over, or do people saying stuff like this have an affect?
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Replying to @JohnBrownGood
I can't singlehandedly stop people from doing dumb shit at riots But ongoing discussion about strategy is important, I think Also, I never want to ignore inconvenient facts to feel correct. This was dumb and also
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
Its hard for me because I don't feel sorry for anyone in the video, and if 54% of Americans support burning a police station down right now, maybe public opinion is way more flexible than we think.
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Replying to @JohnBrownGood
I take your point but: 1. Huge difference between burning down a building and throwing a large firework at a person, even if that person is a cop. Just, different conversation
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Replying to @1misanthrophile @JohnBrownGood
2. Re: physically assaulting the cops, I'm of the opinion we go hard or go home. We resist them en masse when they abuse their physical power or we remain nonviolent This is the worst of both worlds. It's not harmless like a water bottle, it also has no effect. It just provokes
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
An opinion I have that seems to apply is that more and less radical actors have a more symbiotic existence than either side would be comfortable admitting.
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